tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger48199999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22960235101461890842020-12-22T05:26:00.001+01:002020-12-22T05:27:33.332+01:00Breakfast of the Healthy: Coffee... or a Purple-Orange Carrot Smoothie? Chlorogenic Acid in Coffee and BeyondDon't worry you can stick to coffeeGood news has become scarce in 2020, it feels. So, let's appreciate the ones we have: A coffee shortage is not in sight. Reason enough for me to write another "latest coffee research"-article. One that turned out to be a chlorogenic acid (#CGA) article because ... well, it's still 2020, so scientists drink coffee to speed up their warp-speed Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39931288475168676322020-10-14T09:54:00.001+02:002020-10-14T10:07:17.950+02:00Coffee Research 10/2020: Coffee's Origin Affects Glucose Effects | Coffee, Tea & Cancer - Similar but Different + MoreWhy are the captions in the thumbs back? Facebook won't allow replacing the preview picture of links easily.Don't worry, not all news in 2020 is bad news... unfortunately, though, there's some 'bad coffee news' out there, too. In the following overview, I am going to cover a bunch of interesting studies - good and bad news, just as you'd see them in the ever-more non-scientific apocalypse that weAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54502920117661128422020-02-01T03:22:00.000+01:002020-02-01T06:14:55.140+01:00#Coffee & Related Research from Early 2020: #FilterHeight Matters | #Leaves Better Than Beans | #Probiotic Coffee
Coffee junkies, recoice! The SuppVersity is back ... and how can this be celebrated? With a research update on ☕ - a review discussing the latest science from coarsness to leaf-extracts, and beyond.
Long time no read,... I know but after a period with a severe lack of motivation and a lot to do outside the virtual walls of the SuppVersity, I will try to come back with (not yet daily but) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-10290956257149155852019-07-18T10:29:00.000+02:002019-07-18T10:35:26.327+02:00High CGA Instant Coffee for High Potency Fat Loss: Visceral and Total Fat Loss Increase 6-9-fold 😮, But...
Truth is in the numbers... the absolute numbers, not the impressive relative visceral fat loss that doesn't show on either scale, measuring tape, or mirror... and yes, that means that Kao's high-octane CGA enhanced coffee is not going to make you lean out effortless- and visibly in 12 weeks in the absence of making the necessary but (by way too many) dreaded dietary / lifestyle changes.
"Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13662548046036372102018-04-26T04:57:00.000+02:002018-04-26T05:02:50.060+02:00Scientists Test Effects of 'Fat Burning High Octane'-Coffee With High CGA & Reduced Hydroxyhydroquinone Content
Needless to say: The fat burning effect is not one that relates to body fat... and that a dose-escalation (4 instead of 1 cups would bring about such an effect is relatively unlikely, too).
It has been some week since I have written the last coffee article. Today, the coffee-free time ends, though. Scientists from the Kao Corporation in Japan have recently developed what I labeled a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13698021474178059082017-06-22T02:24:00.002+02:002017-06-22T02:38:39.627+02:00Heart Rate ↘, BP ↗ | Anxiety + Sleep Issues | Bitter Taste = Big Effect -- SuppVersity Caffeine Research Update June '17
This is not the coffee research update. That's important because coffee has a lot of health benefits that are unrelated or at least not directly related to its most famous ingredient, i.e. caffeine.
You may have seen it in the Facebook News, or on the SuppVersity Twitter Channel already: If you don't get your habitual quantity of coffee, your coffee cravings will ruin not just your day, but Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86260006521006042562017-06-12T02:38:00.000+02:002018-11-09T18:13:26.204+01:00Buying, Roasting, Grinding, Brewing: Coffee 101 -- How to Do it to Get the Optimal Stimulant and/or Health Effects
Don't worry you don't need a $10,000 machine to brew a better coffee.
Yeah, I know this is not the first article you've read to tell you how to brew the optimal coffee, I am pretty sure, however, that it's the first to define optimal by different, objectively measurable criteria such as the caffeine content, the amount of healthy chlorogenic acid in the brew, or the effect on blood lipidsAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34432020421393270382017-05-17T15:34:00.000+02:002017-05-17T15:44:29.534+02:00Coffee Never Disappoints: Myth that Habitual Consumption Reduces Caffeine's Acute Ergogenic Effects... Dispelled!?
I must remind you, though, that performance benefits in one domain don't always transfer to another one. In other words: While the study seems to dispell the myth for classic endurance training, effects on activities where CNS activity is more important, like lifting, for example, may still be impaired w/ habitual intake.
I guess even I have to confess that I may have propagated the myth that Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34803480982789451802017-02-24T04:13:00.001+01:002021-08-27T03:09:18.033+02:00More Evidence in Favor of the Post!-Workout Coffee: 250mg Caffeine 2x à Day Soothe Muscle Soreness (DOMS), Sign.
Delicious, ergogenic and good for sore, damaged muscles: coffee!
You will remember that caffeine can improve skeletal muscle glycogen resynthesis after workouts. The corresponding study by Pedersen et al. is yet no longer the only study which makes the post-, not pre-workout coffee attractive for athletes and gymrats alike.
In their latest paper in the Journal of Strength and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17435098435907877132017-02-07T03:59:00.000+01:002017-02-07T04:06:24.780+01:00Coffee Lengthens, While Caffeine Shortens Your Telomeres: An Essential Paradox? The Latest Evidence Reviewed
If life "begins with coffee", will it also help you end later with coffee?
If you follow the SuppVersity on Facebook, you will be aware that the majority of studies indicates that the chronic consumption of coffee (even in amounts of 5+cups/day) has potent health benefits - at least in normal, healthy individuals. Accordingly, you may not consider the observation Larry Tucker (2017) made when Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30019966371718963882017-01-10T04:30:00.000+01:002017-01-10T04:50:25.417+01:00Put Up or Shut Up! How Effective is Caffeine for Gymrats, Self-Proclaimed Bodybuilders & Lifting Weights, in General?
Let's be honest: The authors exaggerate when they call the subjects 'bodybuilders'
Yes, there are dozens, no, I guess hundreds of studies investigating the effects of caffeine in (a) various groups of people (from the obese sedentary slob to the Olympian gold medallist) and (b) a vast range of contexts from the sit-to-stand test in the elderly to the effects of repeated caffeine consumption onAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28656968809701479372016-12-04T03:56:00.000+01:002016-12-04T05:11:56.675+01:00Not Getting into Ketosis? Try Plain Old Caffeine to Double Your AM Ketone Levels Regardless of High CHO Breakfast
Neither a ketogenic breakfast nor buttered coffee were necessary to double the subjects' ketone production.
Ok, I have to admit that the breakfast that was served in the latest study from the Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS and the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Université de Sherbrooke in Canada (Vandenberghe. 2016) is not exactly what anyoneAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66469219382380157032016-07-31T03:59:00.001+02:002016-07-31T04:03:30.081+02:00Caffeine Timing Revisited: Taking Your Caffeine Supplement During (Longer) Workouts Works, Too - Ca. 4% Faster Times
Yes, it may in fact make sense to shovel down another scoop of your preworkout if you train for 2h. Just try to remain below the sign. stress-dosage of 600-800mg caffeine/day (Beaven. 2008).
I have previously addressed the question "When is the Best Time to Consume Your Pre-Workout Caffeine?", so why do I need to revisit it? Well, the answer is, as you'd expect, the publication of new Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66681594574921545782016-05-29T03:47:00.003+02:002016-05-29T03:51:38.033+02:00Caffeine, Exercise and Your Sleep: The Link Could be Sign. Different From What You Expect - Sleep Better W/ Caffeine?
Coffee and exercise both effect sleep, but their effects don't simply add up. The study at hand does yet suggest that your preworkout coffee won't ruin your sleep.
I have to admit, the following are not results of peer-reviewed research, but with a 2x2 week design, participants being randomized to exercise (4 workouts per week) or be sedentary and to consume caffeine or placebo Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-78555125371569817372016-05-17T03:26:00.000+02:002016-05-17T03:53:53.869+02:00High Dose Caffeine Restores Insulin Sensitivity and Limits Total as Well as Visceral Fat Gain Due to High Sugar Diets
Yes, the study at hand is on caffeine, but the results are relevant for coffee, too.
A decade ago, the medical community though coffee would dehydrate you, would make you insulin resistant and would increase your risk of heart disease. Recent studies show that coffee does not negatively affect your hydration status (Killer. 2014), that higher coffee consumption is associated with reduced Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-56708414723734727442016-03-18T04:07:00.000+01:002016-03-19T04:11:47.063+01:00Caffeine Keeps You Going When You'd Usually Rack the Weight - Does That Cause an Increase in Muscle Damage?
With only 65mg of caffeine, an espresso provides only ~12.5% of the amount of caffeine used in the study at hand.
If you've kept an eye on the latest caffeine research you may have noticed that there's an increasing number of studies that fails to find significant performance enhancing effects of caffeine during resistance training sessions (Trevino. 2015). Does this mean that caffeine, a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13077029650816095992016-02-23T05:38:00.004+01:002016-02-23T14:42:06.142+01:00Coffee Beats Caffeine in the Gym: More Reps + Higher Total Volume on Squats Due to Ingredients Other Than Caffeine
You don't necessarily have to bring fresh beans to the gym. A simple Nescafé instant coffee will serve the purpose, study shows. And it's going to work better than equal doses of straight caffeine.
As a SuppVersity reader you will know that coffee is much more than a brown liquid that contains caffeine. Many of its proven health effects I have discussed here and in shorter news items on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74943239609118555072015-12-03T17:11:00.001+01:002015-12-04T05:27:50.848+01:00Caffeine + Green Tea = Plus 10% Fat Oxidation & Energy Expenditure at Rest and During Sprint Interval Exercise
From a health perspective it may be good that green tea does not contain all-too much caffeine. From a fat loss perspective, it clearly lacks caffeine.
When it comes to dietary supplements, people like to pay tons of money for unproven ingredients with funky names and dubious or non-existent safety profiles; agents that have been scientifically proven to work, are safe and cheap, on the other Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-523108567740464852015-10-10T10:29:00.002+02:002016-02-25T04:25:29.422+01:00Post-Workout Coffee Boosts Glycogen Repletion by Up to 30% and May Even Have Sign. Glucose Partitioning Effects
Yes, I do suggest that it may be beneficial to drink these two and another two cups of coffee w/ lots of sugar after your workout - if you are an athlete, at least.
A delicious and refreshing pre-workout coffee or just plain caffeine from pre-workouts are probably on the supplement list of most of the SuppVersity readers. Whether the same is the case for a post-workout coffee, let alone Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-67189508720283228732015-07-20T16:29:00.000+02:002015-07-20T16:44:23.764+02:00Creatine & Caffeine Don't Mix!? True or False? Recent Study Sheds *New* Light on an Important Supplement Question
Will a small cup of coffee ruin the benefits you can derive from creatine supplementation? Sounds impossible, but it's a die-hard rumor with surprising scientific backing. Now, a new study could finally settle the debate.
As topic for the thesis he submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73855560311565793762015-07-18T15:38:00.003+02:002015-07-18T15:50:08.993+02:00Coffee - Different Roasts, Different Health Effects | Darker Roasts Better for Weight Loss, Lighter Roasts Healthier!?
Dark, medium or light roast - this is more than just a question of taste! The significant effect of roasting on the phenol-composition of coffee and the consequent health effects are rarely discussed.
You may remember my often misinterpreted article about bullet-proof coffee in which I actually defended the fad by providing evidence that the negative effects on blood lipids may actually be Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51845586731900242412015-06-12T11:34:00.000+02:002015-06-12T11:42:51.154+02:00If Buttered (Bulletproof) Coffee Increased Your Cholesterol & Triglycerides, You May Have Forgotten the Coffee Filter
Bulletproof coffee is a bogus fad, but is it also bad for your blood lipids?
You will probably have heard about the (over-)hyped "bulletproof coffee" (=coffee with butter in it) triggering measurable (and in some cases) significant increases in total and LDL cholesterol in bulletproof addicts (case studies + Toklu. 2015).
Now, the most obvious trigger of the cholesterol increase is the butterAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34762342153588951552014-08-31T15:57:00.000+02:002014-09-06T10:47:36.099+02:00Less Frequent Large(r) Meals & Caffeine - Proven Ways to Increase Your Energy Expenditure & Conserve Your Resting Metabolic Rate While Dieting | Part I of A Multipart Series
Whether you want to lose or gain weight, never forget to "Eat to live!"
To lose weight, you must create a negative energy balance.It is however unrealistic to expect your body not to do everything it can to conserve energy, when you've been eating 50% below maintenance for weeks (e.g. you need 2,000kcal, but eat only 1,000). Not to reduce your energy intake by more than 40% (for max. 2 weeks)Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63200175470500259722014-08-17T13:29:00.000+02:002014-08-17T13:35:42.274+02:00Update: The Latest on Caffeine, Exercise, Fat & Weight Loss - Increased Performance, Energy Expenditure (6%) & Fatty Acid Oxidation (27%) vs. Decreased Sleep Quality & Burnout
We love coffee! There is not doubt about it 85% of the Americans consume coffee on a daily basis and it's not much different for the rest of the West (Mitchell. 2013).
Caffeine is the #1 drug worldwide (Weinberg. 2001; Mitchell. 2013). In the US people with a death wish select the coffee from the eponymous brand which contains more than twice the amount Starbucks coffee does - and that in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-371875804825609802014-06-01T15:00:00.000+02:002015-12-07T05:35:50.160+01:00The Coffee³ Advantage Equation: 3 x 250mL Coffee / Day + 2x4 Weeks ➫ -1kg Body Fat, Satiety ⇈ (Ghrelin ↘ + 5HT ↗) + Cancer Protective 16% Reduction in DNA Breaks = Health³
Here it is: Scientific evidence caffeine is the among the healthiest addictions known to man.
It has been a while since the last official "Coffee Lovin'"-article at the SuppVersity was published. Luckily, scientists all over the world appear to be similarly hooked to the brownish cult drink as millions of coffee concessionaires all around the world - including those who live in Vienna, the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-88850006377772966552014-05-25T15:09:00.002+02:002018-10-27T02:31:57.132+02:00Caffeine-Resistance? Genetic & Environmental Factors Determine If You Feel or Don't Feel the "Boost" | Plus: 11 Non-Genetic Factors That In- & Decrease Caffeine's Effect
If you know the tricks you can increase and decrease your caffeine tolerance by varying environmental factors. Ramp up the amount of exercise, broccoli and smoked meats ➲ maximize the clearance and minimize the effects of caffeine.
Actually I had hoped no-one would see the comment I made in the discussion revolving around a recent article about caffeine, but since a promise is a promise and I Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85717985175163682002014-05-23T15:49:00.000+02:002014-05-23T15:49:21.408+02:00Caffeine Works - Study Leaves No Doubt About It! Approx. 400mg of Caffeine Get You Going, Even After 32h Without Sleep - So Why Doesn't It Work for You Anymore?
The answer to post-positioned question in the headline of today's SuppVersity article is not easy to find. Therefore I will start with the facts. Facts, researchers from the University of Sfax present in their latest paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Psychology & Behavior; facts that leave little doubt that 5 mg/kg of caffeine could counteract the negative effect of 36 h of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84609965937309985342013-12-28T15:16:00.002+01:002013-12-28T15:16:49.683+01:00True or False: Mycotoxins in Coffee Are a Serious Threat to Our Health and the Only Way to Avoid Them is Abstinence
As we are about to see coffee is by far not the worst aflotoxin offender in the human diet. Still, that does not mean that the coffee related exposure to this form of mold that can befall all sorts of grains, nuts and seeds is harmless.
You will probably remember that I casually touched on the possibility of being exposed to aflotoxins and more importantly ochratoxins as a result of the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-27685454194128242472013-11-25T17:48:00.001+01:002013-11-25T17:48:53.051+01:00Coffee Rules, Green Tea Sucks!? Study Links Green Tea to Insulin Resistance and Coffee to Insulin Sensitivity. Statist. Outlier, Long- vs. Short Term Effect or Heavy Metal Toxicity?
I can't tell if bathing in coffee is healthier than in tea, but my gut tells me that it is.
Coffee may rob your sleep (see "Sleepness Nights: Are Pre-Workouts and A Huge Cup of Coffee Messing With Your Sleep?" | more), but if you look at the currently available epidemiological data, the average coffee drinker is still a pretty healthy chap. Whether this is due or in spite of the stimulating Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91315662367073746482013-11-23T15:19:00.001+01:002014-04-12T14:34:14.336+02:00Sleepless Nights: Are Pre-Workouts and A Huge Cup of Coffee Messing With Your Sleep? Plus: 5h Half-Life & 15h Clearance Time Caffeine Stays
This couple probably didn't have a two huge cups of high-caffeine coffee with 400mg caffeine, each, before bed ;-)
The recent publications of a paper by Drake, Roehrs, Shambroom and Roth in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine woke my interest in the quantitative and qualitative significance of the potential negative effects coffee / caffeine can or will have on sleep (Drake.2013).
In the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69547088861103060762013-11-01T15:47:00.002+01:002013-11-01T15:47:09.095+01:00Ingestion of 400mg Caffeine Before a Workout Can Prevent Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in Resistance Trained Men
Too many side-laterals without coffee?
Still having DOMS despite Alex Leaf's article on "DOMS - Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: What Is
DOMS & How Can It Be Managed? Science, Strategies, Supplements" (read more)?
In that case you are probably not a great fan of pre-workout products, coffee or energy drinks, because if you were, it is not unlikely that you had - instinctively, if you will Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-90775270577555676382013-09-29T16:13:00.002+02:002013-09-29T22:06:21.770+02:00Lemon Juice, Resistant Starch, Coffee, Blueberries, Chili, Ginseng, Ginger, Mate, Gymnema Sylvestre, Bitter Melon. Supplements to Improve & Restore Insulin Sensitivity #4
Lemon Juice, Resistant Starch, Coffee, Blueberries, Chili, Ginseng, Ginger, Mate, Gymnema Sylvestre, Bitter Melon - they are all in this fourth serving of the insulin sensitizing supplements series and they are all in this collage. Can you identify all of them?
First of all, let me thank you for flooding me with good suggestions for supplements that should be discussed in this last installmentAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76085927731758084462013-06-19T16:50:00.000+02:002013-06-20T15:45:23.067+02:00Six Cups Of Coffee (900mg/day): Three Too Much or Just About Right to Speed Up Lipolysis & Fatty Acid Oxidation?
The human equivalent of almost 900mg caffeine per day used in the study at hand did some good, but it also did some harm - read more and decide for yourselves which one you'd consider more important.
It amazes me time and again. Coffee and caffeine in particular are unquestionably the best-researched "supplements", nutraceuticals, drugs, or whatever you want to call. Yet, nevertheless, the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-72625331903812690122013-06-01T15:18:00.001+02:002013-06-01T15:18:21.068+02:00Up Your Coffee Intake & The Temperature of Your Baths to Get in Shape; Up Your Mood W/ Self-Paced Aerobics; Up Your Vitamin D in Time; Up Both Fat & Sugar For Diabesity
Ice cold baths are retarded. A cosy hot tub and a cup of coffee make a way better peak conditioning strategy.
+38% that's the SuppVersity Figure of the Week and it is the fat liberating advantage of the ingestion of 3mg/kg caffeine (in water) before sitting for 30 min in a hot bath (42°C; up to the navel) - yeah, you read me right: The latest study from the Graduate School at the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84165729503825494322013-05-14T16:57:00.000+02:002013-05-14T16:58:10.643+02:00Coffee - The Good, The Bad & The Interesting: 2-4 Cups of Coffee for Adiponectin. Roasted Filtered Coffee & High LDL!? The Optimal Caffeine / Taurine Ratios & the Buzz
The insights may be based on data from a fruit flies, but the the differential effects of high vs. low taurine / caffeine ratios on wake-, respectively sleepfulness concur with my own N=1 experience.
It's been a while since we've had a cup of the former Brew of the King's together. Therefore it occured to me that it would be high time to brew not just but three refreshing cups of hot coffee...Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22177684157663429932013-04-02T15:26:00.002+02:002013-04-02T15:26:27.123+02:00Coffee, Tea, Cacao, Caffeinated Sodas & Breast Cancer: 5+ Cups/Day?! Study & Meta-Analysis Show, It May Take More Coffee Than Previously Thought to Ward Off Breast Cancer
While you don't have to bath in coffee, one cup per day is probably not enough to protect your mammary glands.
Initially today's SuppVersity post was just about coffee and breast cancer risk. Today, a couple of days and a hand full of news on other interesting papers that are piling up by dozens in my archive, I found that the paper has proliferated ;-o
Well, not exactly, but in conjunctionAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85526328406531221412013-03-23T16:22:00.001+01:002015-08-22T10:00:00.369+02:00Instant Coffee, Glycemia & Caffeine Powered Post-Workout Glycogen Repletion. Fish Oil, Arachidonic Acid Release & Prostaglandin Modulation. Adipocyte Sizes & Yoyo Dieting
Judged by the way they are looking at each other they don't care about their differential glucose / insulin response too coffee, but if you do, I suggest you scroll down and read the pertaining news item.
7.3% and 21.4%, those are the SuppVersity figures of the week. Figures that stand for the 2011 youth- and 2010 adult obesity rates in Colorado and they represent the nationwide "optimum" - atAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22555246440891835412013-02-10T17:15:00.000+01:002013-02-11T09:03:21.910+01:00Red Meat and Cancer? Not if You Protect Yourself With Coffee. A Cup of Coffee With / After Meals Will Do the Trick
Coffee-Chile-Cocoa Rubbed Sirloin, Creamed Kale (recipe) - The perfect way to eat your red meats?
I just realized that the last SuppvVersity article on coffee is about three months old. In view of the myriad of health benefits that have and (I guarantee) will still be associated with habitual coffee consumption (examples: heart disease - Lopez-Garcia. 2006; diabetes - van Dam. 2005; cancer - Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84460529762141390792012-11-05T19:46:00.000+01:002015-11-30T04:57:57.659+01:00Can 5 Cups of Coffee Boost Testosterone to Estrogen Ratio in Overweight Men Transiently by ~200%? Plus: SHBG Its Own Receptor and Its Role in Prostate & Breast Cancer
Testosterone booster in men and estrogen amplifier in women? As if there were not already enough good reasons to get your daily dose of the 'kingly' brew ;-)
You would not have to be a diligent student of the SuppVersity to know: Coffee is a truly remarkable brew. Even mainstream media has gotten wind of the multitude of beneficial effects a moderate intake of the former drink of the kings andAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63056991381067430752012-09-19T17:38:00.002+02:002015-07-31T05:31:13.552+02:00Coffee - 3 Cups Per Day Keep Insulin at Bay: You Better Start Today if You Want to Retain Your Insulin Sensitivity, and Stay Cancer & CVD Free Beyond Your Own Centennial!
I am not entirely sure how often I have used the sentence "consistency is key", here at the SuppVersity, but there is no way I don't reiterate it in the context of the never-ending debate over the pros and cons of habitual coffee drinking, once again. While much of the experimental evidence would suggest that coffee, or to be precise, caffeine the major methylxanthine in the brown brew is a badAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-24027622157854582482012-09-02T17:53:00.001+02:002015-08-13T05:25:54.058+02:00Circadian Rhythmicity: Retinol (Vitamin A) & Caffeine and Their Effects on the Central & Peripheral Clocks of the Body
Image 1: Is it a bad idea to "wake yourself up" with a pot of coffee in the morning, I mean from a circadian rhythm perspective?
In the last installment of this series we have been dealing with breakfast. Now, if you are following the mainstream advice neither of the two subjects of this installment should actually be a staple of it. Vitamin A, in its active form, retinol, is "bad and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-89543099804908034362012-07-06T17:37:00.000+02:002012-07-06T17:37:52.244+02:00Double Your Workout Volume With 3,4-DA - Chlorogenic Acid Metabolite, Dihydroxycinnamic Acid, Makes Rats Run 60% Longer, 30% Faster 90% Further!
Image 1 (sodahead.com): Another reason to supersize your cup of coffee; no not the girl, or ... well ;-)
Those of you who can no longer be without their well-deserved daily dose of SuppVersity news will probably remember the amazing weight loss effects an extract from green coffee beans yielded in a 2012 trial by Vinson et al. (cf. "GCB Another Fatloss Acronym: Green Coffee Bean Extract Helps Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76885153076939866422012-06-25T17:59:00.001+02:002012-06-25T18:00:36.528+02:00Raspberry Ketones? Why, if Two Grande Caffe Americano Could Suffice To Keep Your Belly & Liver Fat Free and Your Heart Healthy, Even on a +40% Hypercaloric Crap Diet?
Image 1: If I had the choice to have a tasty cup of coffee with the beautiful young lady or a couple of overpriced raspberry ketone caps with Dr. Oz, I would not even need scientific studies to make my choice ;-)
I am a huge fan of innovation, but when the name of the innovation begins with “raspberry” and ends on “ketones”, is pimped by TV doctors and sold on the 24h shopping channels, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-12508716068890287962012-04-11T18:01:00.003+02:002018-04-26T03:39:18.470+02:00GCB Another Fatloss Acronym: Green Coffee Bean Extract Helps Pre-Obese Men and Women Shed 16lbs in 22 weeks
Image 1: Coffee! Would you have recognized it?
HCG, GTE, GSE, DNP and obviously ECA! If you have ever done some research into pharmacological and non-pharmacological weight loss agents, you are probably familiar with this alphabet soup. But would you know right off your head what GCB stands for? No, ...? "G" as in "green", "C" as in "coffee" and "B" as in "bean" - if you make it GCBE, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85801554148389411262012-03-14T18:08:00.000+01:002012-03-14T18:10:45.044+01:00Only "Real", Not Decaffeinated Instant Coffee Increases Fatty Acid Oxidation. Revisited: Caffeine's Dose-Dependent Effects on Testosterone & Cortisol Response to Exercise
Image 1: Coffee is made of coffee beans! Hard to believe if you look at what remains of this precious superfood in a sachet with instant "coffee", right? But is instant, let alone "decaf" + instant really as bad as its rep?
Although I know that probably not everyone is going to agree with that, I personally believe that coffee is one of the few real "superfood"... if it still is coffee and notAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74611496962642913972012-01-16T17:33:00.002+01:002012-01-16T17:33:23.607+01:00Study Identifies Caffeic Acid Induced AMPK-α2 Activity Behind the Fat Burning, Insulin-Sensitizing & Life-Extending Effects of Coffee. Plus: Why Creatine & Coffee Don't Mix!
Image 1: I've got news for you: Real coffee does not come in brown sterophome cups ;-)
Ever since Starbucks came out with the "McDonald's version" of what used to be the drink of the popes and kings, coffee has gotten sort of a bad reputation. It is supposed to "burn out your adrenal glands" (I bet most people who support this hypothesis don't even know where the adrenal glands are situated),Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30995496963982647322011-12-13T17:32:00.002+01:002011-12-14T13:40:48.253+01:00Warding Off Holiday Weight Gain 2.0: The Anti-Diabesity Effect of Coffee Goes Beyond its Caffeine Content.
Image 1: If they are not laden with pesticides and anti-fungals, the small brown beans from the coffee pant can easily compete with green, black oolong and pu-erh teas, when it comes to countering the unwanted side-effects of the "holiday diet"
Back in the days, both, tea and coffee were luxury goods and people felt privileged if they could have any of them. Today, they have become another of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-83652802315645026102010-10-10T03:51:00.003+02:002010-10-10T07:27:49.879+02:00Coffee Manooloigosaccharides Augment Weight Loss in Overweight MenCertainly, you have heard that coffee is supposed to help with weight los; conversely, you probably won't have imaginged that it may not be the caffeine in everyones favorite baverage which does the magic. A recent study by Salinardi et al. (Salinardi. 2010) investigating the effect of 4g/day coffee manooloigosaccharides on weight loss in 54 overweight men and women (BMI 27-33) came to the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com